Conroy baronets explained
The Conroy Baronetcy,[1] of Llanbrynmair in the historic County of Montgomery, Wales, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.
The title was created on 7 July 1837 for Sir John Conroy,[2] Comptroller of the household of the Duchess of Kent, mother of Queen Victoria. Victoria had previously dismissed Conroy from her household and the baronetcy was conferred on him with the understanding that he would not show himself at court in return. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1900.
Conroy baronets (1837)
Patrilineal Descent
The Conroys descended from the Ó Maolconaire family of Elphin, Co.Roscommon. The family had been the hereditary Ollamhs to the O'Connor Kings of Connacht. Their line was descended from Maoilin Ó Maolchonaire who was the last recognised Chief of the Sept.[3]
- Torna Mór Ó Maolchonaire, Chief of the Sept, d. 1435
- Seán Rua Ó Maolchonaire
- Domhnall Rua Ó Maolchonaire, d. 1504
- Conchobhar Ó Maolchonaire, Chief of the Sept, d. 1533
- Maolmhuire Ó Maolchonaire, Chief of the Sept
- Maoilin Ó Maolchonaire, Last Chief of the Sept, d. 1637
- Torna Ó Maolchonaire
- Seán Ó Maolchonaire, d. 1672 (while fighting for the French during the Franco-Dutch War)
- Ferfeasa Conry, d. 1746 (first of this line to convert from Catholicism to Protestantism)
- John Conry of Elphin, d. 1769
- John Conry, d. 1795
- Sir John Ponsonby Conroy, 1st Baronet (1786 -1854)
- Sir Edward Conroy, 2nd Baronet (1809-1869)
- Sir John Conroy, 3rd Baronet (1845-1900)
Notes and References
- Web site: The Conroy family, their lives, interests and business . Arborfield Local History Society, UK . March 19, 2012.
- Web site: Sir John Conroy, 1st Bt. . The Peerage. March 19, 2012.
- Edmund Curtis, 'The O'Maolchonaire Family: Unpublished Letters from Sir Edward Conry, Bart., to H.F. Hoare, Esq., 1864' in Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, Vol 19, No. 3/4, (1941)
